Lesson ObjectiveStudents work as a mock community to see how choices impact the environment. Questions to ConsiderHow do real world scenarios impact students’ understanding of how choices impact the environment?What factors do students need to consi...der when determining the community’s power options?How does the use of various manipulatives make the project more meaningful?Support Materials BelowGame instructions, materials listCommon Core StandardsELA.SL.5.1c, ELA.SL.5.1d
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Scientist, Bill Nye, unlocks the secret lives of everyday things before and after we consume them, and reveals the unintended consequences of all the stuff we take for granted. In this video, he explains how bathroom toothpaste can endanger orangutan...s. (0:50)[more]

Canada is being invaded by aliens, but not by the type you see in science fiction movies. These organisms are found nearly everywhere in Canada. They come from other parts of the world and upset local ecological balances. (00:59)

The academic program at Minnesota's School for Environmental Studies -- and its architecture -- was designed to promote project learning. When Mark LaCroix and his classmates at Minnesota'sSchool of Environmental Studies (SES) discovered patches of b...uckthorn crowding out native species at a local park, they didn't just write up their findings as a science report to be read by the teacher and then handed back. They compiled data in a form familiar to government agencies and submitted a technical report to local officials, who used the information to direct park gardeners to eradicate the invasive plant.At SES, learning is about becoming an expert and solving real problems -- doing in-depth, interdisciplinary research using innovative technology that results in practical applications. Every aspect of the school, from its curriculum and close student-teacher relationships to the architecture of the building, supports the school's get-out-there-and-do-it approach to learning. (10:00)[more]

Olivia, a park ranger, and Max, an island fox, are hosts on this adventure to the Channel Islands. Once at the islands, you will learn about how NOAA's Montrose Settlements Restoration Program is working with the Institute for Wildlife Studies and th...e Channel Islands National Park to bring Bald Eagles back to the islands. (02:51)[more]

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